Those of you in Europe hoping that Rhythm Paradise Megamix - which is out now in North America - might be coming to the 3DS eShop this week should be ready for some disappointment. Nintendo UK has just confirmed that the game won't be arriving until 21st October, which - if you watch the footage below - feels like a lifetime away.

However, to make up for the delay, there's the good news that Europe will be getting a physical release of the game. It hits the eShop on the same day, naturally.

Having to wait a bit longer than North America is annoying, but at least you'll have a nice plastic case to go on your shelf.

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@Henryhill@ReshiramZekrom I'd honestly assume the U.S. won't be getting one, I'm afraid to say. I can't see why they'd release it digitally first and then release a physical version later. Unless there's precedent for this that I'm not aware of.

Well while the wait is long I'm really happy to get a physical release. For my collection and the convenience of paying on both my systems! Sorry to everyone who wanted a physical release but we're unable to get one!

...I'm glad we finally have a release date for Europe. Went 100% digital so I'm not interested in physical anymore.

I'm sad because waiting 4 months for the exact same game they released in the US feels pointless. What's there to localise? I'm honestly really disappointed that in this day and age it's still so hard to do simultaneous releases (not just Nintendo's fault I guess).

Darn you Nintendo. I'm happy our PAL friends are getting a physical release but I want one in the US as well. Just like Fatal Frame V I wanted the game but I'm not getting them on digital since they're a retail release elsewhere, plus they'll never go on sale. Why Nintendo, why???

I was thinking of games like Inazuma Eleven, Devil's Third, Senran Kagura Burst, FF: Maiden of Black Water, Pokémon Rumble World and more. Only the first 2 applied and the others were one or the next, not both.

Certainly a bummer for those holding out for a physical copy in NA but as for living in the UK, I very happy to hear about the above - was starting to worry it was going to go digital only after seeing NoA announcement for it.

Definitely a day one buy anyway plus its out just before my b'day too which is a nice bonus.

@LegendOfPokemon Right, as if we Europeans never have to wait months (or years) for games after they've been released in the US. It's also not like we sometimes don't even get games at all even though there's a perfectly fine English translated version released in the US. Don't even get me started on the NES/SNES/N64 days, that was just plain torture.

The instances where Europe gets a game earlier or exclusively are so few and far in between but always blown up because Americans aren't used to it so they set the entire net on fire.

I am so annoyed by this. Rhythm Heaven is awesome and I wanted a physical version but nope. Ugh. This is why I go back and forth on which one I prefer, the 3DS or Vita, because the Vita isn't region locked! If this was on Vita, I could just buy it from Amazon UK or something.

I swear if Style Savvy 3 is also digital only over here, I'm just going to buy a PAL 3DS and those two games.